Summer is around the corner. Students are busy writing papers and studying for exams. But most importantly students have to pack their belongings and store them in storage that is located in school or store it with some storage company. There are deadlines of when the dorms will be closing during summer and students are strictly informed to leave by the designated time.
How do students finish packing before the deadline? Its simple, start packing early!! A week is not enough but have at least two weeks to pack. Get large boxes with lots of packaging tape. The tip here is to not pack many things in one box; its best to have some open space at the top of the box. Another important tip is not to pack all the textbooks and notebooks together because they are HEAVY! So its best to pack little of everything in each box. Dont forget that some textbooks can be sold back to the campus bookstore even though they wont give you much, your packing will be less intense. If the bookstore did not accept your books, you can always check out bunchesofbooks.com and send it to them they accept all kinds of textbooks and books! Or simply give or sell it to your friends and classmates who are taking the courses in the coming semester.
Its also important to put mothballs to avoid insects or mouse getting in the boxes.
Where do students usually store their boxes during summer? We international students often store boxes in a given closeted space in the dorms, for some schools they require students to self-store. Meaning students manually have to find a storing place and store it by themselves. Website like collegeboxes.com has a great door-to-door service with packing tape and boxes provided!
Packing is a hassle especially during exam week. But time management and organization is being tested here not by professors but by yourself in the limited amount of time, how well and quick can you pack and still have enough time to study? Of course studying should be the first priority, but some students who are running low on time (to catch a flight on the next day of exams etc), packing becomes the number one priority on their laundry list. Get your priorities right and start packing early! Once you are done with packing everything you own in your dorm, you have to clean your room and have your resident advisor check and sign out the room along with your room key. Then youre good to go!
